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    • Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

      Posted by okami from Guardian UK

      Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France today after being held captive for six years in the Colombian jungle, amid claims that a ransom was paid to free her.

      The Colombian government said that she was freed in an audacious operation after the military tricked Farc into handing the French-Colombian politician over without a shot being fired.

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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    . . .thanks for the link. . .

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    7:10 am 7/06/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    . . .ah, so. . .but exactly what are the facts?

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    7:04 am 7/06/08
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    asesino comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    The facts don’t lie:

    The Real Operation to “Rescue” Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries

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    6:10 am 7/06/08
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    okami comments on:

    Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

    If Betancourt’s assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false ‘heroic rescues’ and similar phenomena.

    We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces.

    Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.

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    12:13 am 7/06/08
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    okami

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    former US Marine, retired police. . .nothing of interest. . .

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